Community Involvement

Christmas in October 1 yr

cleaned out an old house in north kansas city for an elderly couple who were hoarders and were disabled. They were unable to clean, or afford other services. As a part of christmas in october, on top of cleaning, we also remodeled their home as volunteers.

Coastal Cleanup 2 yrs

In kansas with Black & Veatch engineering company, we went to ___ park where we spent the entire day picking up trash and cleaning a park no matter the weather conditions as volunteers.

Hebraica Kids Counselor 3 yrs in Caracas, Venezuela

Went to Caracas Venezuela to work in a Jewish Academy over the summer to take care of children ranging from ages 2-14 for a span of 1month-3months each time. I was a volunteer for the first two years. The third year i was paid in Bolivars and gave the money to my grandparents.

Sunset Valley assistant

I was a teachers assistant as a volunteer for the A+ program. I stayed for a few months before switching to a different A+ job.

Prairie View Kids Country counselor

Throughout my senior year in high school i volunteered as a caretaker of 30-60 children after school from 3:00pm-5:30pm without pay.

Extra Curricular Activities

Summary

Hello,

My name is Allie Duncan and I am 17 years old. I am graduating from Lee's Summit High School on May 10th 2012. I am a bilingual, jewish teenager growing up in a cross cultural style home. My mother is from Caracas, Venezuela and my father is from Kansas City, Missouri. I have family all over the world and have been exposed to different cultures from a very young age. I have never had a job because I have kept my focus on my school-work for the past 4 years. I am currently enrolled in Longview Metropolitan Community College through the A+ program. After my Associates Degree I plan on going to a 4 year college for a major in Business and a minor in International Studies.

Skills

Skills

Music

I have been committed to choir, ensemble, and solo singing since I was in kindergarten. A teacher first noticed me singing to myself in a bathroom stall after lunch, she encouraged me to get into choir and ever since I have been passionate about music.
State 12 for two ensembles and a solo , 11 for an ensemble, 10 for an ensemble
District 10, 11, 12 same
All District choir 12
Sounds of summit 12
Preludium 11
Concert choir 11, 12
Youth Choral all metro
Voice lessons 10, 11, 12 Mrs. Munce

Art

I took classes outside of school for Art and Design. I took 2 summer art & design classes in Olathe, Kansas before my Freshman year of highschool. During High School I took 2 classes of art and 1 class of graphics technology. I won a local competition for an ad campaign drawn by youth. 'Give a Hoot, Don't pollute'. I was also offered a spot in IB Art without any previous advanced classes due to the quality of my work, but unfortunately my schedule would not allow it.

Spanish

I am fluent in Spanish but I have also studied Spanish in High School for 3 years. My Freshman and Sophomore year I was in the Spanish for Heritage Speakers class. My Junior year I was in Spanish IV. My Senior year was when I was going to take IB Spanish but could not due to complications in my schedule. However; I am going to take the IB Spanish Exam.

Education

Education

Aug 2012 - Present

Associates

Aug 2008 - May 2012

High School Diploma

Lee's Summit High School

GPA:3.19 Class Rank:182/426

Work experience

Work experience

May 2008 - Aug 2008

Madrija

Hebraica

I worked as a kids counselor in a Jewish school for summer camp. I took care of, fed, cleaned up after, and played with children all day. The children were ranging from age 2 to 14. I worked for three summers in a row.

Culture

Westview Elementary asked if SISA could present over Venezuela and Syria. My group chose Venezuela. I created the presentation along with edited the information in the power-point. My family is from Venezuela so the project allowed me to reach out to my outside sources to pull together a good project.

Holy Festival

I went to the Holy Festival in Lenexa, Kansas to experience a part of Indian Culture. I got to see first hand the food, clothing, music, dancing, customs, and traditions.

Language

I am bilingual. I used my language skills to translate and edit the spanish version of the International Studies official website for Summit Technology Academy.

Busuu Language garden

Throughout the year I have used busuu.com to interact with people from around the world looking to seek help with learning a language. I have been learning french, gaelic, and icelandic by learning sessions on the website and by communicating with native french, gaelic, and icelandic speakers. I also teach english and spanish to those who contact me for help.

Professionalism

I was the main contact for coordinating SISA presentations to Cedar Creek Elementary and Westview Elementary.

I got in contact with Black &amp; Veatch engineering company to see if they had anything SISA could do for them. My team ended up creating a presentation to teach Black &amp; Veatch engineers how to bridge the gap between the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Panama Video Conference

I got in contact with my uncle who is one of the head engineers working on the Panama Canal to video conference with the class about the new Panama Canal and culture shock from traveling country to country. He is from Colombia but was born in Ghana. The engineering students from SISA came over two share in the 2hr video conference via skype.

Projects

Created a powerpoint presentation with my team members to help revitalize and maintain Downtown Lee's Summit's charm and appeal. I was on the creative side here, along with putting in my research and information, I added colors, graphics, and a self-made video with interviews of the people of Lee's Summit.